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Private JOHN MEZIWA-BACELA

Service Number: 23490
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Native Labour Corps

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLOEMFONTEIN (HAMILTON) WAR CEMETERY

Grave 37 (Sp. Mem.)

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Meziwa Bacela, of Emgwali, Stutterheim, Cape Province. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Rooidam Native Cemetery.
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Buried or commemorated at

BLOEMFONTEIN (HAMILTON) WAR CEMETERY
Free State South Africa
Number of casualties: 83
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